Lots of people do different things to honour yesterday/America’s Pi Day. Let us take for instance, my friends’ maths teachers. Mr S, well to put it nicely, is highly enamoured with Pi. As in, yesterday, he spent the entire period showing his class (and this is the smartest class in the school mind you) ‘Pi’ music videos and mercilessly singing along. *shudder* – but also kinda funny 😉

Being a food obsessed, maths hater that I am, it was only natural for me to think of pie. The real type of pie. Not some imaginary number that really does not make any sense 😛

Anyway, I was totally going to celebrate with an uber delicious, super gorgeous, terrific pie. And I would have if I could have. But a little thing in my life, called Yr 11, of course stopped me from sharing an aromatic homemade pie with the world/my area. So I had to make do with what little I could do. Me :)… I mean :(… 😉

A nice big bite…

I decided on these things when looking for a one person pie celebration recipe

Had to have chocolate – My birthday baking of the past two weeks while yummy, has been absolutely torturous to my chocolate levels!

Well yes, really this was my only requirement 🙂

Easy to please no?

Anyway, I was fruitlessly (pun intended of course ;)) searching all over the web and in my cookbooks, when suddenly I found it. A one person cobbler recipe. And I don’t care if you don’t call it a pie but it is close enough for me – a shortcrust pastry with filling? A pie 😀

So, if the pictures have not told you already, I made one of the most indulgent cobblers imaginable. In a cute lil ramekin. Just for lil ol’ me 😉

Wishing you my loves a happy belated pi day (and if you are going to celebrate please do it right ;))

If you look deep enough you will see the molten chocolate-y goodness 😀

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Grease and sugar a ramekin

Line a baking sheet with baking paper

Mix together as much hot fudge as you want with strawberries and pat into ramekin – should come to 1/2 way up but no more otherwise will completely burst out of pastry

Mix together first 6 ingredients till doughy consistency

Pat onto fruit filling, covering completely

Place on baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the crust is a little dry and has a couple of cracks

Cool for 2 minutes before dousing in ice cream, more hot fudge and strawberries

Enjoy!

Notes

You can change this recipe in infinite ways – to make a normal crust, add in 1/4 cup plain flour and remove cocoa powder, or add coconut instead – wait for crust to be golden before removing from oven

If want only a fruity filling, macerate your fruit with sugar and lemon juice, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes or until juices released – use berries, peaches any fruit really

Ditch the chocolate (if you are a little off…) – mix bananas/mangoes and caramel and dump it in with a golden crust (topped with crunchy biscuit pieces to make it Gaytime-esque 😀

I will say it before and I will say it again – Happy Belated Pi[e] Day 😀
There is no better way to spend the day than by celebrating food holidays 😉

Quick Note (words of wisdom from my chocolate calendar): “One third of the fat in chocolate comes from oleic acid, a healthy type of fat” 😀
See? The only reason I tell you to celebrate in each chocolate is because I love you and want you to be healthy 😉

I would also like to mention how the wonderful Terra of Cafe Terraawarded me the Kreativ Blogger Award – Thank you so much my friend 🙂
Though I received this before, it came in a package so I did not know it’s requirements. But now I do 😀 – Basically I have to write 10 facts about myself (though you all already basically know my life story :P) and tag 6 bloggers to do the same (which is very difficult – sarcasm ;))

So here comes another fact flood because I am obviously a very interesting person 🙂

I do Bollywood dancing with my friends at school every year – what, did you think all I did was bake? 😉

I aspire to live in France (one day!)

I have a huge fear of spiders – actually all bugs – I can’t kill them or even look at them without bursting into tears

I love jam on both sides of my toast (but often forget and put my toast down on a plate :P)

My ultimate dream wedding would will be on a beach in Hawaii with a Luau and bare-feet in the sand with Tiki torches (copyrighted ;))

Fun fact: I also received from the beautiful Donna at The Sugared Pecan the Sunshine Award! I appreciate it more than you will ever realise my friend 😀
Just like the Kreativ Blogger Award, this came as a part of that package but I would like to fulfil its requirements this time as well 😀

The Rules

Include the award logo in a post or on your blog

Answer 10 questions about yourself

Nominate 10-12 other fabulous bloggers

Link your nominees to the post and comment on their blogs letting them know they have been nominated

Share the love and link the person who nominated you

The Ten Questions

Favourite Colour – Oops, gave that in my answer before 😛

Favourite Animal – Snow leopard!

Favourite Number – I don’t do numbers 😛 – 13 because that is when I am born!

This looks sooooooooooo delicious that I pinned it! I may have to make that tonight for our Saturday night treat! Love your blog…..YOU are very popular. Thanks for noticing mine. I’m following you now. Can’t wait to try some of your nutella recipes!!

Thank you 😀 – this is definitely ultimate chocolate paradise 🙂
And I really appreciate all the effort you took to comment my friend, it means a lot to me – I don’t know if you received my replies on foodbuzz or via email but I have checked my account and will be contacting WordPress on this issue 🙂
Hopefully everything works out!

You know I never heard of Pi day until well, Pi day. I’ve only been baking since Dec 2011 so I didn’t know about these foodie days. I feel kinda cheated out of Pi due to my lack of knowledge. I’ll go cry myself to sleep tonight, lol.

Chocolate and strawberries AND Ice cream? Death by dessert… oh yes. Everything looks so damn delicious, I want to lick my iPad screen!

Thanks for joining in on my blog too. Nice to meet you and add a new baker buddy!

Aww do not do that to yourself – I started blogging properly in October and missed out Choc Chip week and with my name, it was sacriligeous 😦
But we learn from our experiences/bake regardless of holidays 😀

I am so glad you enjoyed this dessert so much – it is a trifle over the top 😉
But that’s how we bakers do things 😀
It was my pleasure to visit your blog my friend – it is awesome!

No matter how much we hate Maths but it is one subject that comes handy in cooking and especially baking. By converting this recipe into one portion you did math.
i don’t care whether it is a pie or cobbler or cake. I just want it to the dessert to tingle my taste buds. And you have done a good job.

I’m surprised you don’t prefer a chocolate flower. Oh, wait, are there any chocolate flowers? Well, I think the frangipani, which I’d never heard of but quickly researched, is an absolutely lovely flower.

I never even realised there was a National Pie DAy – I thought both days were one and the same – oh my gosh 😛 – Another excuse to pie myself up 😀
And I love it dessert for dinner and for dessert 😉
And thank you for the congratulations – I am glad am not the only one with spider issues 😀
And you are right – I will get facebook after graduating from high school to keep in touch – maybe I will twitter myself then too? Who knows 😀

What were you, a fly on the wall in Mr S’ class?! We love Pi Day in this family! First reason, it’s my birthday! Then of course, we’ve got a couple of Maths geniuses aged 6 and 8 who insist on reciting by heart, the value of Pi to 50 digits after the decimal point, throughout the day!
I love this recipe, it looks so inviting!

Haha, no I got my info from my mates 😉
And wow that is so cool! Happy Birthday for 14th March 😀
And I cannot believe it – your children are like Einstein – definitely need to feed them lots of pie to keep their brains so sharp 😛
And thank you 😀

I love everything about this cobbler-pie!The looks, the texture , the gooeyness and the dripping outside of the ramekin :)Congrats on all the awards!With these gorgeous creations, you surely deserve it 🙂

My son reminded me it was Pi day…but not with enough advance notice to make a real pie! I should have done like you and made a delicious cobbler! And chocolate and strawberry looks like an amazing combo!!!

Aww that is ok – whip up anything anytime, the day is just to remind us of how special that food is 😉
I am really happy you enjoyed this post my friend – trust me, nothing beats chocolate and strawberries 😀

Let’s say I’m not very good at baking, but my math is WORSE than my baking… now you start thinking how bad my math would be! lol. I rather want to try making this than doing math homework. =) Looks very delicious!!!!!!

I doubt someone as talented as you in the kitchen can be not good at baking! But yes I agree, my maths is much worse than my baking too 😉
And thank you my friend – it is the ultimate form of procrastination 😉

Congratulations! You have such a lovely blog, your awards are so well deserved! And Happy Pi(e) Day! How creative to make these little pies for one! I am a huge fan of chocolate and strawberry together….and to have a pie all to myself….is sublime! : )

Congrats on more awards. You deserve them and it’s nice getting to know you better through your fun facts. I don’t know if this dessert is technically a pie but I’ll be happy to call it that if you’re serving it to me 🙂

Thank you my friend 😀
I love the culture of giving blogging awards – it certainly brings the blogging community together!
And I know cobbler isn’t technically a pie but I am glad you see it in the same light as me 😉

Congrats on all the awards you’ve been getting! I’m totally digging the individual pie!! This sounds amazing with the chocolatey fudgey filling over fresh strawberries! Wish someone would make me one of these 😉 it would be gone in seconds! Super yum!!

You are far, far too kind!! Thank you so much for the shout out and award. I want to devour everything you post as well! This dessert looks spectacular. I wasn’t able to celebrate national pi day with a pie either…I was pretty bummed actually. I’ll just eat extra pie this weekend or something. 😉

I hated maths too 🙂 it was horrible! I failed more than I passed and it was always my worse unit! Really hope I never have to do maths EVER AGAIN hehe 😛 I love how you found a one person dessert recipe! I swear there’s market for a one person dessert book ~ Thanks for sharing! Can’t wait to try!!!

This is about the best way to get a bite of rich chocolate and sweet strawberries as far as I am concerned. At face value it looks like a gooey chocolate lava cake, but the surprise is inside with the strawberries.
Truly a decandant way to celebrate PI day. Well done-yum!

Happy belated national pi(e) day! what a great way to celebrate
Thank you so much for the awards..I am truly honored
It was a pleasure to get to know a little more about you. I am terrified of spiders too! and I had a good laugh thinking of the singing math teacher

wow….this is crazy delicious!!! You are my go to for to die for desserts by far!! I love the individual (just for me!!) dessert!! Chocolate and strawberries are my favorite combo and ooey and gooey is right up there!! Awesome recipe!

AH!! This literally made my whole day!! Thank you so much!! It is so wonderful to be recognized, especially by another blogger like you who I admire so much! 🙂 YAY!!
Youf chocolate goodness looks awesome too (as always!). Have a wonderful day!!

My sister just came home; she lived in France for four months & loved it. But I missed her– thank goodness she got homesick! I am terrified of spiders. And I can’t kill anything. Well, except mosquitoes and houseflies. I got no problem killing those. But the spiders paralyze me with fear and I scream for Chad to come and take them outside.

Love the individual pi(e)! I can always count on you to satisfy my chocolate needs.

I am so happy you and your sister are reunited once more (but only if she brought home swiss chocolates ;))
And it is so good to know someone else shares my phobia 😀
Thank you so much my friend – I am glad you enjoyed these definite choc-a-holic pies 🙂

Thank you my friend – and wow, I think for some mathematicians, the world would actually crumble without pi 😉 (personally it would make my tests a lot easier)
And I am so glad you enjoyed these cobbler pies 😀

Aww!! You make me miss high school! lol. Pie or not, it looks amazing!! and with the addition of strawberries?!?! That’s just death by chocolate! Love it! I think with a little sprinkle of powdered sugar on top, it would look even more amazing!! 😀 Awesome job!